Most of the cities on the list are in the Midwest or the South. The rankings were based on percentage of residents who smoke, how many cigarettes the average smoker has per day and what percentage of smokers have tried quitting. For Grand Rapids, the numbers are as follows: 21.6 percent smoke, they have an average of 14.5 cigarettes daily and the attempts at quitting break down to 25.5 percent (nicotine gum), 25 percent (patch) and 8.4 percent (support group).

The Daily Beast is published by Tina Brown, who also is editor of Newsweek. So considering that whole dying city uproar, she apparently really has it out for Grand Rapids. That, or one of her writers came across the numbers and disinterestedly threw together a list before moving on to something else -- such as assembling a slideshow of iconic male ponytails.